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TO  TAX  COLLECTORS  AND  DEPOSITARIES. 


AMENDED  REGULATIONS  IN  REGARD  TO  RECEIVING  i  PER 
CENT.  CERTIFICATES  FOR  BONDS,  IN  PAYMENT  OF  TAXES 
OF  OFFICERS  AND  SOLDIERS  ABSENT  IN  THE  MILITARY 
SERVICE. 


C.    S.     TREASURY     AGENCY,    T.     M.    D.,      ) 

Marshall,     Tbxas,     January     1,     1865.  ) 

I.  Taxes  doc  by  OflScers  ov  Soldiers  absent  fiom  home  in  the  Mili- 
tary service,  whicli  are  by  law  payable  in  Certificates  for  4  Per  Cent. 
Bonds,  may  be  paid  by  any  holder  of  such  Certificates,  upon  aflSdavit 
being  made  by  the  wife  of,  or  by  any  other  person  acting  for,  such  soldier 
or  officer,  that  they  are  unable  to  pay^uch  taxes  without  a  sale  of  prop- 
erty. Upon  such  affidavit  being  made  and  filed  with  them,  Tax  Collec- 
tors will  receive  such  Certificates  for  Bonds  in  payment,  upon  an  assign- 
ment being  made  by  the  holder,  stating  in  substance  that  it  was  made  in 
payment  of    the  taxes  due  by  an  absent  officer  or  soldier 

This  assignment  should  be  authenticated  in  the  manner  usual  in 
other  cases.  Depositaries  will  receive  from  Tax  Collectors  such  4  Per 
Cent.  Certificates,  so  assigned,  upon  Deposit. 

2.  Certificates  for  4  Per  Cent.  Bonds,  issued  by  Depositaries  in 
other  States,  are  by  cxisiing  Laws  and  Regulations,  receivable  in  pay- 
ment of  taxes  in  any  State  where  the  taxes  are  due  and  p.ayable  ;  but 
Certificates  for  Exchange  of  Idsucd,  are  receivable  in  payment  of  taxes, 
only  in  the  State  where  issued. 

P  .     W  .     GRAY, 

Agent    Treasury,    T.   M.   D. 


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